Slideshow given by David Evan Harris at TEDx October 24, 2010. Video of talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9UfHrkA_p4

1. Experiments in Open Video: Making the Global Lives Project
David Evan Harris // October 24, 2010 // TEDxSoMa
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3. The Idea
Capture, on video, 24 consecutive hours of daily life
of 10 people from 10 different places in the world.
Their routines, tasks, struggles, and interactions. Record the
experiences that define how human beings understand life.
The life experiences will be shown in a video installation.
It’s content: 240 hours of uncut footage
A video library of human life experience.
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4. The State of Affairs
38% of young Americans (18-24) consider speaking
another language to be “not too important.”
89% of young Americans do not correspond regularly
with anyone outside of the United States.
88% of young Americans cannot find Afghanistan on a
map of Asia.
Source: National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs Geographic Literacy Study (2006)
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5. Why?
Provoking people to rethink their relationship with
the world.
Inviting people to participate in the lives of others as
intimate observers.
Pushing the limits of technology & international
collaboration as a vehicle for social change.
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6. The Participants
The Pilot Shoot:11/17/2004 2nd shoot: 05/29/2006
James Bullock Rael Feliciano
San Francisco, CA, USA São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Cable Car Operator Hip Hop Artist and Rapper
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21. The Life Story Interview
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23. Selection Criteria
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26. The Exhibit
Design by
Roberto Corrêa in
São Paulo,
Gaurang Khemka
in Hong Kong,
and Daniel
Markiewicz in
New York.
Not pictured:
Cluster of
computers.
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27. THE EXHIBIT
Design by
Roberto Corrêa in
São Paulo,
Gaurang Khemka
in Hong Kong,
and Daniel
Markiewicz in
New York.
Not pictured:
Cluster of
computers.
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30. Parallel Events
Guided visits for student groups
Lecture series on world affairs & global citizenship
Video production workshops for additional shoots
City-wide installations promote exhibit
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31. Screening #1:
São Paulo
April 2008
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32. Sneak Preview:
United Nations University, Tokyo
September 26, 2008
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34. World Premiere
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
February 20 - June 20, 2010
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44. Global Lives Website go to site
Three video upload types + photos:
1) Edited shorts (max. 15 mins, 5 mins recommended)
2) Unedited 24 hour shoots
3) Life stories
Growing video library of human life experience created, tagged,
bookmarked and translated by collaborators around the world.
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60. The Collective
More than 700 volunteers from thirty countries are
enthusiastically involved with the project.
CC license + non-profit communicates sharing economy
of wikipedia & linux to fields of video & architecture.
Giving talented professionals fulfilling creative opportunities
and building new social networks.
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61. The Collective
95% volunteer labor makes the project extremely
capital efficient.
For every dollar contributed, we produce 10 dollars of
value in contributions of time, services, and equipment.
Fundraising:
2005: $2,000
2006: $8,380 In-kind (services, equipment):
2007: $16,446 2004-2010: ≳ $2,000,000
2008: $32,602
2009: $41,411
2010: $91,715
Total: $192,554 Sweat Equity
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62. Preparedness and Sweat Equity
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65. What Next?
More exhibits around the world
Website re-launch
Feature-length documentary
Teachers’ Toolkit
More shoots
... a video library of human life experience.
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